bull jumps toward them into a corridor. the pull found its way out of the ring. it's amazing nobody was killed. jenna: scary stuff. gregg: that was a tough transition from charlie sheen to a bull. jenna: little bit of yt re gregg: "erica live" starts right now. megyn: this is a fox news alert. new fighting in the middle east comes with new warnings from the white house and worries about how this crisis is hurting american consumers in a very real way. welcome to "america live." i'm megyn kelly. the fighting is getting more intense in libya now. the president warned of possible military action now involving the u.s. >> the violence that's been

taking place and perpetrated by the government in libya is unacceptable. i want to send a clear message to those that are around colonel qaddafi. it is their choice to make how they operate moving forward. they will be held accountable for whatever violence continues to take place there. megyn: leland vittert joins us streaming live. he is there on the ground. leland? >> reporter: we just got back from the frontlines where the rebels have been pinned down, not only by qaddafi ambush, but by qaddafi's air force. we were there and they have been able to move out. the problem for the rebels is not only can they not make any effort on the ground against

qaddafi's forces, but there is not much they can do about his air force. >> there went another r.p.g. you can see it right down there. incredible amount of firepower. you can see they're trying to shoot down one of the libyan air force russian-made fighter jets coming over. the amount of anti-aircraft fire out of this base is impressive. a couple days ago, they were bombed. you can see some of the other flack right up there. here on the ground, the rebels have been pinned down by the pro-qaddafi forces.

the problem they have right now, though, is they say they do not want any foreign troops on the ground. they don't want any help from the united states or anybody in europe, for that matter. the one thing they do want, megyn, and something they would be open to is a no-fly zone. as we saw, they were long on bravado and happy to pull the trigger on anti-aircraft guns, but were not effective in hitting anything. megyn: just today president obama said the united states and its nato allies are considering a military response to the violence in libya and now that message from those who are fighting against the qaddafi government that they're not interested in that, although a no-fly zone could be a different story. leland vittert, thank you. great reporting. new warnings from the saudi

government. anyone thinking of challenging the leadership in that country -- as they are, folks, they are and it starts this week. thpotelly ouerias ne devepments in the kingdom d that, folks, would be a game-changer. fox news alert out of wisconsin in rather extraordinary elements. efforts to make a deal in the standoff over a budget battle and how much power to give worker unions. democratic senators left the state three weeks ago to avoid taking a vote on the budget. they know they will lose, so they decided to abandon. earlier today, sent a letter to scott walker, asking him to "meet with us near the wisconsin/illinois border to formally resume a serious discussion as soon as possible." now we'll have to wait to see

how the governor will respond. mike tobin is live in madison, wisconsin, with more. they send this letter off which is, basically, meet us at the border, come alone, just you. we'll talk. >> all we know is that the governor and senate majority leader came requesting a face-to-face meeting. we cannot guarantee that it will advance the process. republicans say there is not a centralized leadership of this caucus that's over the border. they negotiate with these people. they talk. they strike a deal that they think is the senate democrats coming back, but republicans say, they watch the whole thing fall apart. >> i think there are some fractures in that caucus and it's providing us with problems. we're negotiating with the more reasonable members and they return to the extreme members of the caucus and everything

accomplished privately seems different when it comes out publicly. >> reporter: senate democrats say they've been negotiating in good faith with the republicans. the republicans made a couple of moves that aggravated them. >> we felt we could see the light at the end of the tunnel on this and then the senate republicans pass a resolution to have us arrested and then the governor slammed us in a press conference. so we thought there was movement and here we are again on monday starting from square one. >> reporter: this morning i had a conversation with the senate majority leader and he said absent centralized leadership, negotiating with the democrats has been like negotiating with jello. megyn? megyn: so jello and the governor could meet at the border, or perhaps not. we'll find out in 20 minutes

when the governor comes out to speak. and mike tobin will be hot on his trail if he tha*i head to the illinois border. once democrats step into wisconsin, they can be taken into custody. mike tobinis on it. thanks, mike. new developments on the healthcare overhaul and how. kathleen sebelius making an admission. after months of speculation and accusations, she has admitted that there may have been some fuzzy math when it ca to calculating the savings in this law. >> the affordable care act, 12 years of medicare trust fund and $500 billion represents a slowdown in the growth rate of

medicare from 8% to a -- >> so is it medicare? is it using it to save medicare or fund health care reform? which one? >> both. megyn: what does that mean? fox business network stuart varney is here to explain. what does it mean? almost since it's been passed, there were accusations that they double counted $500 million. >> precisely. obama care, it would have taken $500 billion out of medicare and put it into obama care as a way of funding obama care. $500 billion out of -- megyn: so you have to fund the 30 million people -- >> right. now a separate document, the budget.

in that budget, medicare is preserved, no talk of $500 billion coming out of medicare, going to obama care. what secretary sebelius done is to count it twice. you cannot do that. megyn: so we're $500 billion in the hole, but our books don't show it? >> yes. we've said, $500 billion to obama care. but it didn't come out of the budget. megyn: how can they do that? they can do what they want, but how do they justify it? >> by lots of gobblely-gook and whether it comes out or not. and the congressman pressed and pressed and pressed. megyn: you couldn't understand a word she was saying. you are a business guy. i'm a legal gal. couldn't understand her. >> he pressed and pressed and pressed and said, you are

double counting. the government's own actuary said, you are double counting. they said that it would reduce the deficit. now it emerges that it will not at all, to the tune of $500 billion. megyn: $500 billion is a huge number. you are talking about almost half, right, of the initial cost of that bill. how do they get away with that? now what? now it's law. now we're supposed to implement this thing barring other legal challenges. where will we find that money? >> the true math emerges down the road. we'll implement obama care and then in succeeding years, that's when you find out, where does the money come from, how much do we have? did it work in the first place?

it's too late to repeal it. megyn: then they said, the savings are less than we expected. >> fuzzy math, fuzzy math. megyn: it was extraordinary to see her say, "both." >> first time there's been an admission, both, counting it twice. megyn: much more as the week goes on. >> good luck. megyn: you cannot use the same dollar twice. you can't do that in your own accounting. >> when you count it twice, your eyes glaze over. it's difficult to get to grips that $500 billion has been counted twice and you can't do it. megyn: thank you, stu. they can and they did. it's wrong. ed obama administration has granted more than 1,000 temporary waivers to company and groups that want to be exempted. 1,040 organizations have been granted a one-year exemption

from a new coverage requirement in the healthcare law. critics feel the waivers are evidence that the healthcare law is fatally flawed. new worries about the weather now hitting the northeast. there's snow, high winds, lots and lots of rain. boy, did we get a deluge yesterday. homes and cars floating away in e state. look at these pictures and a live look straight ahead. kid rock taking some at heov anaward he's receiving from the naacp. wait until you he why his critics sae naacp got it wrong and he doesn't deserve it. pete king mounting a new defense for congressional hearings about some american muslims and terror attacks. the threat of homegrown, radical islam terror attacks. the debate, just ahead. >> i have no choice. i'm going ahead with the hearings and they can yell in times square and they can get

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megyn: a fox extreme weather alert. flood waters are rising after heavy raynham erred new england. there are flood warnings across the region. look at west nyack, new york, just across from new york city. the commute was a mess. many streets had to be shut down. and in southbury, connecticut, many people had to leave their homes as the water kept rising. many doing their best to keep water from seeping into their basements. >> shoveling and we shoveled and shoveled and shoveled to keep the water from entering the basement. megyn: the good news for a lot of folks is that most of the rivers are going to recede over the next two days.

we know a lot of you are on-line while you are watching "america live", but if you want to check out the weather in your hometown, good to foxnews.com/weather. enter your zip code and get up-to-the-minute weather details. in saudi arabia, new warnings to would-be protesters not to try what we're seeing in libya and egypt, this as we get unconfirmed reports that protesters could take to the streets of the kingdom as early as today, march 11. that's the planned date for protest. we could see acontiearly as today. k.t. mcfarland joins us. india is a matter of concern, bahrain, concern, egypt as well, but saudi arabia, a different story. this week, they're going to take to the streets in saudi

arabia, contrary to government warnings. some are suggesting that the saudi kingdom is suggesting the green light on physical and violent crackdowns. >> the saudis arer is feed. when egypt happened, from their point of view, the u.s. pulled the rug out from under mubarak, long-time u.s. ally, so they're thinking, will the united states do that to us? megyn: remember, it was reported that the saudi king and president obama had a very tense conversation -- >> about what you are doing with mubarak. so they're terrified about that. the other thing they're really worried about, they're a rich country. they don't have the same problems as egypt, tunisia and libya have. they can pass out a lot of money. they just opened up $36 billion for low-interest loans. megyn: they're trying to apiece their people.

>> they're trying to hand out the goodies. they're looking at bahrain. they have a shi'ite/sunni divide. the sunnis control bahrain. 70% of the population is shi'ite. they have pretty good jobs, but they're protesting, because they want a bigger stake in it. the saudis are saying, why don't we have a similar problem? shi'ites will want a bigger role. who are they? friends of iran. iran, shi'ite and persia. saudi arabia, arab and sunni. so that look at it as a proxy fight. megyn: if those are the stakes, proxy fight, if we see the protests this week and we know that our saudi allies are looking at this as saudi versus iran, then we have to be

worried, too. >> reporter: we have to be really worried. saudi arabia has pumped extra oil to help us out. helped us out in the run up to the end of the cold war with president reagan. they just offered to pump more oil because the libyan oil isn't getting to market. they're the guys that say, we'll pump more oil. we'll help you, america. megyn: what are we expected to do to help them? >> they want us to do is not what we did to mubarak. if they have a shi'ite population with a bigger stake, they want us to stand by saudi arabia. megyn: it's happening. it will happen this friday. they're calling it a day of rage. it's been publicized on the internet. it will start as early as today and build up to friday. many reports are that it will happen this friday.

>> he's between a rock and a hard place. he's encouraged reform and demonstrations in tunisia, egypt, libya, but saudi arabia is a different story. that's the price of gas. that's the american economy. it's the world economy just struggling to recover, just getting out of the duldrums it's had. what if we get shoved back to recession because of oil prices? i think saudi arabia is the biggest one. megyn: it's the big story. >> and do we help them, do we not help them? do we help at the expense of our economic interests? megyn: hopefully the protests aren't until friday and we get it figured out. get a bicycle. don't rely on foreign oil. thank you.

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megyn: fox news alert. we're moments away from a news conference from wisconsin and -- on a possible effort to make a deal between the governor and the state democrats. governor scott walker expected

to walk to the microphone in about 5 minutes, this after he received a letter from one of the democrats, who sent him a letter saying, meet me at the border. any progress made? did they meet? what does the governor say abouitt you will find out live, as we do as well. the naacp is honoring kid rock for his commitment to the motor city. detroit is kid rock's hometown and he's done a ton to help it. one detroit man is outraged with the singer's recognition and he's staging a boycott of the events. trace gallagher has more from our west coast newsroom. trace, say it ain't so, k.r. in trouble? >> reporter: it's all about the confederate flag that kid rock likes to fly at his concerts. kid rock maintains that his

concerts bring people together, businessmen to bikers, strippers to senior citizens, as you said. and has the confederate flag flying at his tsncerco. the naacp giving him the greaexpeations awards fo at he's donefor the ty of detrand t e ople over the years. omint polical coul nameadolf mongo, will boycott the ceremony. listen to this. >> that has become a symbol of hate, bigotry, and racism in this country. that's the battle cry of the confederacy who fought to preserve slavery. it's unacceptable. would any jewish organizations honor any entertainer that flew a nazi flag at their concerts? no. >> reporter: those that support kid rock say his long history

of working with and promoting black artists speak for itself. kid rock has been asked many, many times why he flies the confederate flag and his response is, to him, it represents southern rock 'n' roll. megyn: we'll get a comment from kid rock and i will bring it to you as soon as we have it in response to this controversy. trace, thank you. a jewelry ste says at lindsay lohaole a icy d permission to borrow it. now there is surveillance tape that appears to answer the question. we'll tell you why that tape could have undermined the prosecution's case, nobecause ofhat's on bur heanotreason altogether. angry protest oua congressional hearing scheduled for thisthursday. critics call it a witch hunt. our panel debates that next. >> i will have witnesses there to show it's a real threat, a

growing threat. attorney general eric holder said that he cannot sleep at night because of th radicalization among young muslim-american men.

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>> thinking they were close to coming back, only to find senator miller standing in the way of that progress. they met at the mcdonald's in kenosha and they even had some hot cocoa along with the other folks. they had a good, lengthy decision, one that created the framework that would be a pathway home. my staff was so optimistic they called me about 11:45 and woke me up on wednesday night to talk through exactly what had been discussed at that meeting to tell me they were optimistic we were on our way to coming home thursday and friday. so we had progress. we thought we had the framework of a pathway home for the 14 senate democrats. again, senator miller stood in the way. senator fitzgerald has comments on that as well. when you have a meeting where reasonable senators feel like they have an agreement with our

administration, in which we've kept both the senate and assembly leadership in the loop, kept the three of us informed as to what was going on, each and every step, it appears as though anytime there are senators seeking to take action, again, senator miller -- i authorized two members of my administration to go across the state line to do what senator miller is asking for in this letter to be done in the future, we did it yesterday. we did this. we didn't put out a press release, because we're serious about getting this done. people talk about negotiating. we've been doing it for days. the problem is, we have a handful of senators who are interested in doing this, but we have senator miller, who time and time again, allows his caucus to stand in the way of

progress coming forward. now i think the public has seen firsthand the frustration we've felt for days in the sense that they were misled by the statements that senator miller made last night when he said that the senate was going to come back and reversing course today. that's indicative of the fact that senator miller is misleading the public, just like he misled us and he seems to be misleading members of his own caucus. for us to move forward, we need to have reasonable and responsible elected officials stand up and decide it's time to set aside those that would stand in the way and instead figure out a reasonable pathway home, a pathway we've offered multiple times. i had a discussion personally with one of the reasonable senators i called this morning.

we have a path. we have a way home so we can get a vote on the measure and move the state forward to get back the jobs, economy and our goal of creating 250,000 jobs in the next four years in the state of wisconsin. that's where we can work together. we've had success in working with many of the state democrats to set a clear agenda to get wisconsin working again. we have to have leaders that will stand up and block this from happening. that's why this letter is ridiculous. time and time again we've met this person. mark miller is standing in the way of that progress and we need a change to move the state forward. megyn: there you have it. a frustrated governor walker, railing on the congressman, the senator who wrote him the letter asking him to meet at

the border. mark miller, wisconsin state senator. and the governor suggesting this letter that we told you about earlier is disengenuous because they've had meetings repeatedly at the mcdonald's where senator miller had a cocoa and the governor came back saying, we've had progress. it was a good, lengthy discussion. but said that senator miller winds up the barrier and now senator miller has released this letter in which he's asking for another meeting and the governor seems to think that that is not a legitimate offer, given the past history. impasse continues in the state of wisconsin.

critics say focusing on muslim extremist is bias, but congressman king believes it's necessary to combat the rising threat of homegrown terror. >> the main goal is to show the radicalization how dangerous it is, how serious it is, and also how it happens and whether or not the muslim community responds to that. i will have witnesses there to show that this is a real threat. it's a growing threat. it's not just me saying this, but attorney general eric holder said that he cannot sleep at night because of the growing amount of radicalization because of young muslim-american men. janet napolitano said that the threat level is as high as it's been since september 11. they can yell in times square and get all the celebrities out they want attacking me. i will not stop. i will not give into political correctness. megyn: joining me know, --

joining me now, founder and president of center for security policy. we have the picture, but we have been having audio problems. heather, congressman king said, i understand there are other radical elements in the country, but none rises to the level as radical islam. do you have a problem with that? >> thanks, megyn. great to be here. the problem with the hearings is we're not talking about how to combat the threats we face. instead, we're looking at a few folks that have an extremist set of view that goes against what counter-terrorism experts think is the real way to fight it. megyn: you get to fighting after you identify and explore the nature of the threat. why not as congressman king is

doing? >> why wouldn't you call the folks that spend day and night dealing with the folks, like former counter-terrorism advisor from the bush administration saying that it will be a disaster. megyn: do you believe that? >> i'm very worried about it. i think -- i have a little kid and i think about if my little kid heard some of the things that peter king and his friends have been saying about a community that's incredibly law-abiding and have stopped attacks and is helpful and cooperative. megyn: keith ellison has come out and said, look, i'm worried it's going to play into radical islam's hand, that this congressman, first muslim in congress, says, we're calling attention to what will be perceived as american hatred of

muslims. either way, he says, it's not good for the terrorism war we're fighting. that's for frank. sorry, heather. >> yeah, megyn, this is obviously not the only hearing that pete king will have. the idea that we can't do anything until we do everything is not in the cards. we published a book back in november called "shari'a: the threat to america," which demonstrates that pete king is on the right track in starting what i hope will be a comprehensive set of hearings why looking at what's going on inside the muslim community worldwide and here in america and i hope he will address the role being played by organizations that the muslim brotherhood -- we're hearing a lot about it in egypt and elsewhere, but it's here as well -- itself has called our organizations and organizations of our friends. to the extent, megyn, that

we're as a law enforcement community, a national security community, as homeland security community, as a society more generally relying on muslim brotherhood front organizations, like the council on american islamic relations, islamic society of america, muslim students association, to help us with the problem that these kinds of extremists constitute, it's crazy. it's like having the k.g.b. advise us on how to deal with the soviet communist threat. when they find out the truth, i hope it will be the building block for a more intensive, comprehensive set of hazinger to come. megyn: is it unsupported rhetoric or something we need to worry about? >> most of the organizations frank named off were welcomed guests at the bush white house, so the idea that they're fronts

for a threat to america is a little crazy, frankly. we do need to worry about -- >> it's not all. >> we need to worry about the real threat. are we doing enough to make sure that nobody can buy enough fertilizer to blow something up? are we fixing our visa systems? there are serious oversight questions -- megyn: she wants a focus on the building blocks of potential crimes, frank, and not on one set of people that may or may not be intent on committing them. >> it's a formula for dealing with a disease. she's right. these folks were welcomed into the bush administration and were welcomed into this administration as well as the

clinton administration. the problem is the department of justice demonstrated in federal court, using the muslim brotherhood's own documents, that they're working for the other side. they're part of the problem. and to hear that, for example -- megyn: my apologies. >> this guy is getting it wrong because he's listening to the muslim brotherhood -- megyn: i have to go. we'll be right back. ♪ [ fingers snapping ]

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studies and research, not my feelings -- megyn: making the case. >> one of them was newscasters. they did a rigorous study and they compared when men and women give the same newscast and they would ask people, who did they find to are more credible? when the message came from a woman, they viewed that message as more credible. megyn: shepard has the last laugh. even though they view it more credible, they will view the male newscaster overall as more credible. >> that's the problem. when people listen to a message from a female newscaster and it's viewed as more credible, but they still say the men -- megyn: it's the ultimate bias. victimized again. i love this book. it talks about how women, surprisingly, are better than men in a lot of things.

you focus on stereotypes like driving. women are better? >> this one is easy. the insurance companies, 7% higher rates for men than women. why? men die more at the wheel. they drunk drive more often and get more tickets. i will say, there's a recent study that shows that men are better parkers. megyn: and better at following maps. >> women are better at giving and receiving directions. megyn: men cannot receive directions. >> no. and can't give them. women would pause when asked. guys will say, it's right down there. women will say, there's a mcdonald's, make a right there. megyn: that is helpful. this is what men do. they bust out a piece of paper and they draw like this. this is not helpful. we don't follow this. >> men do things like .6 of a mile. and women will use landmarks. megyn: what is the point of this? why did you write the book?

>> i was stunned by some of the studies. i didn't expect to find that women are more effective gamblers. >> women are 3% of hedge fund managers and returns are consistently better. they use more research. men wing it more. men go for home runs. women will go for singles and doubles. megyn: what will i tell my little boy. he's 17 months old. >> he doesn't have to worry. men have a lot of advantages in a lot of areas. i wouldn't be too concerned about it yet. the fact that so many more women are going to universities, graduate school and doing better as well, here's what i would say, there's a problem with the male slack eric viewed as a cool guy, doesn't like to go to school, doesn't want to do his work. it's viewed as cool, but it's not cool.

megyn: very few female partners are turned on by that. >> guys will go around proud, i got nothing. they need to overcome that. megyn: i've seen you in other interviews and people ask, why are you not married? dan abrams has had a long list of female companions, including the one he's with now. >> it's great. do what? you made it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. tasty fib, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. [ male announcer ] fiber one chewy bars. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

megyn: dramatic rescue in the gulf of mexico caught on tape. an oil rig going up in flames. helicopter sent to save the men on board. they were hoisted to safety. the rig was not pumping oil after it was shut down two weeks ago. a major search is under way for

an american student who has gone missing in europe. 22-year-old austin taylor bice disappeared. the mother and the interviews she's been giving, my heart goes out to her. >> reporter: yes. he's been studying in spain since january and there's a couple of different stories about what happened the night he went missing. he and some friends went to a bar in madrid. one story is that he was too intoxicated to get into the bar so he left. the other story is that he didn't want to go, so he walked home the three miles on his own. either way, he disappeared. police believe he may have been drugged and fallen somewhere. and now there's a continentwide

search, including former special ops agents. they're looking for him along with his father and other family members. listen. >> i just want to say thank you for being here. it's hard for me to talk about it. but thank you. >> please. i'm asked you, folks of madrid, provide us any information you can on the whereabouts of this boy. let us bring him home. >> reporter: on the reports that he had been drinking too much, friends and family say he didn't drink that often. either way, you see the posters out in force trying to find 2--ol bic megyn: trace, thank you. >> okay. megyn: the white house making news moments ago on tapping america's oil reserve in order to push down mounting gas prices. bolng is up next on what this means for you, the consumer. this controversial tv ad about

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megyn: the white house confirming it is considering tapping into our strategic oil reserves. this is the second time in as many days the administration has acknowledged america's worries. crude oil trading above $105 a barrel. the average for gasoline is $3.51 per gallup 40 cents from

the middle of last month. nine states have $4 a gallon gas. a fillup would cost $70 for a 20-gal gas tank. ouch! so now this decision to possibly tap into the strategic petroleum reserve. report * what a colossal mistaked the administration is make. it never worked to tap into the. what we need to be doing is adding oil to the strategic petroleum oil reserve. we have enough oil to last us 30 days. what we need to do is develop energy security here so we can add oil into it, not take away from it.

can i show you a quick chart? here is the price of oil when it ran up the last time. 2008, it peaked at $147 a barrel. you know what george bush did. he didn't tap the spr, $147 down to $33 a barrel in less than months. we need to be drilling more. megyn: is there any down side to tapping into the spr? the more practical decision in your view is to drill. cure the cancer overall as opposed to treating the symptoms. but is there a down side to doing this? >> number one, we need that oil in the event there is -- today we heard about the saudi day of rage. you have a saudi day of rage oil will spike if you have a saudi

disruption in oil deliveries you could see $200 to $300 a barrel. the other issue, we don't need crude oil. we don't have a crude oil issue in america. we can't get that crude oil through the refinery in time for it to affect gasoline prices. we have a gasoline price spike eating into the american economy and american consumer. we need to develop a comprehensive energy policy. if mr. obama wants to give me a call i'm willing to talk to nip of them who can't figure out how to solve this problem. megyn: eric bolling. you can check him out on fbn. twice in american history uncle sam has tapped into the spr, the last time was september of 2005 and that was in the wake of hurricane katrina. crude then trading $70 a barrel.

prices dropped $5 a barrel after that move was made. before that it was january of 1991 when it was last tapped. trying to push iraqi forces out of kuwait. oil was only $30 a barrel back then. now it seem like good times. it dropped down to $21 a barrel the day after the announcement we were going to tap into the reserve. if we opened the reserve it would take 13 days for that supply to hit market. we with like to know what you think? should we be tapping into the strategic oil resve brand-new developments in the clashes raging in libya. gunfire erupting as rebel forces fight back against efforts by the gornnt to stop them from advancing towards the capital of

tripoli. this is libyan warplanes launches air ses against opposition fierts at a key oil -- opposition forces at a key oil port. in the meantime tough talk from president obama as the united states weighs its options. what are we to do here in more and more people within the united states and outside the united states are looking to the white house to know where we stand. not just words. but what we are going to do. the commander-in-chief saying a nato military response to the violence is on the table, that would involve the united states. mike emanuel has that. >> reporter: new comments from president obama. a nato official says they observed a decrease in fighter activity over the weekend and overall air activity over the weekend in libya during an oval office meeting with the

australia prime minister. president obama talked about nato meeting in bruce he wills to look at a wider range of potential options including military options in response to violence taking place inside libya. he authorized an additional $15 million to aid organizations, violence continues inside libya. a fox news crew saw firsthand thousa qaddafi'se r r is going aft oppositionceor members of both parties say a no-fly zone would make sense. spokesmajay carney spoke about the complexities of it and what it can and cannot achieve. >> there are some things a no-fly zone can do in term of air traffic and things it can't do in terms of low-flying helicopter activity, for example. it would be much harder to deal with in a no-fly zone.

>> reporter: he did not take anything off the table for the white house in terms of a military response. it sounds like the idea of putting boots on the ground is not high on the list at this point. nato officials did announce they are increasing the awacs surveillance flights over libya to 24 hours a day to get beater sense of the intelligence on the ground and above libya. megyn: the accused east coast rapist face to face with a judge today in connecticut. aaron thomas is accused of sexually assaulting 17 woman over more than a decade. attacks in connecticut, maryland, rhode island and virginia. the last brutal assault was halloween, 2009. the suspect making his first court appearance after being arrested friday. describing himself as having a jekyll and hyde personality when

it comes to women. julie banderas joins us with more. >> reporter: this case gets weirder and weirder. he was arrested friday to which he responded to police saying why haven't you picked me up sooner? he has been on the lam for 14 years. then he tried to hang himself over the weekends unsuccessfully. he compared himself to dr. jekyll and hyde. dr. jeblg and mr. hyde when it came to his relationships with women. once he got inside he did put on a shirt and a pair of sunglasses. he was charged with sexual assault in the first degree, burglary and risk of injury to a minor. he's believed to be responsible for rapes and attacks on 17 women. these billboards were puts up last monday. they had been run wrghts attacks occurred in virginia, connecticut, and rhode island. but it was an anone husband

tipster in virginia that helped the authorities nab him. >> the public is or greatest resource. this is a case in points. the billboards were live last monday and by friday the suspect was in custody. >> reporter: police followed him for days in connecticut where he appeared in court. that's where authorities picked up one of his discarded cigarette butts. had it tested and it was a match. he will face two counts of rape in prince william county, virginia. that's where he allegedly in 2009 grabbed thee teenagers on halloween night and sexually assaulted two of them while the third texted and called for he help. megyn: unbelievable.

thank you for the update. he's a radio personality, a former congressman. you if you are over 40 probably know him best as gopher from the love boat. but he just quit his radio gig claiming the station tried to stop him from talking about radical islam. the world look at washington for guidance on how to handle the crisis in libya. even some democrats are calling on president obama to take a tougher stance, to act, not just use words. michael reagan on what that stands might be just ahead. a controversial political ad about america's soaring national debt and our relationship to china. frank luntz on the renewal of

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megyn: nevada center john ensign will be holding a news conference. the ethics committee recently hired an outside lawyer to look into an affair he had with a staffer's wife and whether he broke senate rules i an attempt to cover up that affair. we could soon see a comeback from a political ad from last fall. a commercial that warns about growing national debt. it describes his as a chilling look at our future if we continue orour quote current

destructive financial trajectory. thought you saw the last of this. think again. check this out. megyn: they took out a limited ad buy and restaurant on certain networks including this one. but abc, the history alcohol refused to air it deeming it too controversial. now the group behind this ad is reloading. frank luntz is a pollster are author of a new book "win." at the risk of comparing you to

charlie sheen, winning. >> my book was going to be called "losing." but when sheen went on the air -- that ad we tested 1,100 ads for fox news since 2008. that was the number one in terms of public reaction. it did not matter whether you were republican or democrats, liberal or conservative. you saw that ad and now they work for us, and those chinese students laughing. it caused absolute panic, depression. i did this -- i showed this ad once on fox during election and nobody would speak when it was over. i say this to you because in 10 days that ad is coming back on the air. a bunch of conservative groups are getting behind that. nothing makes an impact like that ad. it was created by larry

mccarthy. one of the best ad people. it' powerful.ok create that ad megyn: frank has the dials to move profit. watch.

megyn: that is shocking to see the democratic line almost as high as the republican line on matters that are controversial. tax and spend our way out of a recession. they seem to be in alignment, the gop and democrats on that. >> that's what make its ad so effective. it says that just get it done. go to work, get it done, i hair, i get it. all the elements of a successful ad are in there. megyn: do you know why they are coming out with it again now? i can see it in the lead up to the mid-terms. but we are nowhere close to 2012. why now? >> it's not just about elections. it's about governing.

that ad is meant to have an impact on governing. how be you vote against significant cuts in the budget after seeing that ad. megyn: that ad came out and they are still doing that. >> it's causing great controversy. if they get the language that backs up that ad they will be successful. megyn: it's an effective ad. you who study this for a living say the' the most effective. so great. the mess and is on points. the white news knows that. they come out -- when you listen to president obama he says thing like that. but if the words don't match the policies, do american people get that? do necessity just want to hear the right words, words that work? or do they want to see actual policies that match those words? >> the number two expression after "just get it done" is the

expression of no excuses. they said enough is enough, they just want to get it done. i'll tell you the level of cynicism and the level of anxiety is still at an all-time highs. if they fail at this over the next couple months the rest of the incumbents will get voted out of office in 2012. the campaign starts now and that's why that ad is airing. megyn: what is the book about? >> there are 120 specific phrases to use to connect you and your audience whether its minneapolis business, politics or your personal life. the attributes you need to demonstrate to be successful. it's 15 years of research that went into this book. i'm wating the ads and both the democrats and republicans are using powerful phrases, but they are making a lot of mistakes. megyn: can you give me one example quickly? >> if you remember only one thing.

and you do your contract negotiations. if you remember only one thing, remember what you tell them and make sure that much more likely to get the money you deserve. megyn: you know, i find it helps if you follow it up with this. >> that will not work for me. follow it up with show the book. megyn: win. and you have charlie sheen on a p.r. tour for you. air traffic controllers in one major metropolitan city are racking up mistakes as more than twice the national average. we'll tell where you that is coming up. a little girl gets a very special surprise. her brother surprising her after serving in afghanistan. we'll bring you thet-se heartwarming reunion. you have to laugh a little and cry a little.

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megyn: fox news confirmed senator john ensign will announce his retirement from the senate. there was an investigation into whether he broke senate rules in an attempt to cover up an affair. there was a recent poll that showed another republican giving ensign a run for his money in the primary, former secretary of state dean heller. he's considered to be the

republicans' best chance of keeping this seat. he will be holding a news conference at 3:00ute h the headlines in advance. controversy in washington over honoring the last known veteran of world war i. lawmakers are divided on how to best pay tribute to him. why would there be controversy over this? >> reporter: lawmakers and veterans groups pushing to have him lie in state at the re2001 today. the problem is, speaker of the house john boehner and majority leader harry reid, neither one has signed off on this and they are pushing it off on one another. john boehner says the rotunda is jointly controlled from the house and senate and the decision need to come from both

sides. instead speaker boehner will ask robert gates to hold a special ceremony for buckles. but roscoe bartlett gave his quote saying it's the last opportunity congress has to honor the self-less sacrifice of the nearly 5 million individuals who served in the military in the united states for world war i. going on to stay frank buckles should lie in state in the capital rotunda. the last non-president to lie in state was rosa parks, the civil rights activist in 2005. prior to that it was the two capitol police officers killed in the line of duty. 31 people have lane i -- have ln state. most of them have been

presidents. megyn: nicely done, trace, thank you. we are hearing calls for the united states to take a tougher stance on libya. michael reagan whose dad dubbed moammar qaddafi mad dog joins us live after this break. gopher quitting his job. claiming the station told him to tone down the rhetoric on radical islam. is that a violation of his rights? it's the ultimate battle of man versus beast. i don't like these videos. time around score one for the beast. [ female announcer ] it's lobsterfest.

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discovery is heading home to retirement after undocking from the international space station for the last time. a new survey finds 63% of drivers under the age of 30 admit to using a hand-held phone while being behind the wheel. 30% admit to texting while driving. the white house announces today that washington is considering military action now involving the united states and nato to help curb the bloodshed in libya. a possible air embargo targeting libyan airfields. also in the works possibly to try to keep qaddafi's air force on the ground. that's not been approved. still, however, even some democrats now are calling on president obama to take a tougher stance. so far we have heard a lot of this from the white house. >> these actions violate

international norms and every standard of common decency. this violence must stop. we'll continue to send a clear mess and. the violence must stop. i want to send a clear message to those around colonel qaddafi. it's their choice to make how they operate moving forward and they will be held accountable for whateverioontinues to take place there. megyn: michael reagan is chairman of the reagan group. he said the violence must stop yet the violence is not stopping. qaddafi is not listening. more folks on both sides of the aisle are looking to the white house saying what are you going to do about it? >> i think the white house is absolutely frozen on this issue. they don't know what to do here. i think the president of the united states is so worried as being seen by the left or others as george bush that they are

frozen in time. they don't know what to do. because of this you see this turmoil going on in the middle east and you have a lack of leadership in washington, d.c. when the world is in turmoil they look to washington, d.c. for leadership. when it doesn't come, you get what you get. megyn: what is the president to do here. he's saying we are considering -- he says the u.s. and its nato allies are considering a military response to the violence in libya. we have been considering a lot of options for many days now. and people are dying on the streets of libya. a lot of the world is looking around saying who will help them and should the united states be on the list? >> you have britain going to the united nations trying to get a no-fly zone. they seem to be leading where the american president is not leading at all. he had four different programs with mubarak. he's not making decisions.

he can't say i'm going to hold you accountable to the courts? sometimes you have to be president of the united states, make the tough decision and do what the right thing is to do. maybe that's saving lives. megyn: just as you were speaking this crossed the wires that the gulf arab states are calling for imposing a no-fly zone in libya that they would like a no-fly zone. a lot of these protesters are getting killed from the aircraft in the air. >> it should have been done a long time ago. we shouldn't be now discussing whether we should or should not. i just just get done. i remember siting with my taughter in the as it when they were doing war games in the gulf and i write about this in my book. my far it gets a call from ed fd

mese. he said what should we do? he says if they shoot at one of our boys, shoot back. if you tell our boys if they are fired upon you chase them back to their hang arizona, but you will shoot d their hang as, but you will shoot them down. he said i told ed to call me only our boys were shot down. megyn: your dad's rivalry, the contention between him and qaddafi was legendary. and he was praised by many on the right for taking decisive action. when it came to libya and qaddafi, including back in the as it, after there was a bombing of a discoteque in berlin and two american soldiers were killed, and when the word came to the white house that qaddafi was behind the attack, your dad decided on the military response and here he was in april of 1986

addressing the nation after he issued that order. >> today we have done what we had to do. if necessary, we shall do it again. it gives me no pleasure to say that and i wish it were otherwise. when our citizens are abused or attacked anywhere in the world on the direct orders of a hostile regime we'll respond so long as i'm in this oval office. despite our repeated warnings qaddafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation and his relentsless pursuit of terror. he counted on america to be passive. he continue -- he counted wrong. >> moammar qaddafi had a press conference the next day saying his adoptive daughter was killed in that attack and threatened me as the adopted son of president

reagan. i had secret service almost sleeping in bed with me base was threatened by moammar qaddafi during that period of time. megyn: when you think back how your dad handle this guy. he said he's not only a barbarian, but he's flakey. mad dog of the middle east. this is not quite like mubarak who, you know, while not loved by his own people, was an ally to the united states in egypt. and so a lot of people are looking at situation saying we have had a long, pained tortured history with this guy, why aren't we being more forceful now? >> you are absolutely right. ronald reagan understood this isn't about making friends of these people in the middle east, it's about respect. they need to learn to respect the president of the united

states. my father also said there were four wars started in his lifetime, none of which were started because america was too strong. america is not seen as strong not only at the military level, but at the presidential level. we need to show we are strong and we need the rhetoric to match up to what's going on in the world today. it's not about friendships, it's about respect. if the world doesn't respect america our own people will be in peril. megyn: actor turned politician turned radio host fred grande better known as gopher from the love boat, is today out of a job after comments about radical islam. "kelly's court" takes a look. we'll play you the comments next. show and tell turned the surprise of a lifetime. wait until you see this little girl's reaction to a special visitor at her school.

megyn: radio silenced for talking too tough on radical islam. former congressman fred grande, best known as gopher on the love boat. he was behind a program called the grande group. that was at least until last week. fred quit after he claims the station demands that he no longer have this wife on and demanded that he tone it down on the islam stuff. so he told to curb his rhetoric and told to ban his own wife. >> every speech he gives.

even the most recent address he gave, the state of the union address, there is always a tip of the hat to the muslims. in cairo the understanding is that that speech where he basically underscored sharia. i hope the muslims in the united states get sharia finance. why was the muslim brotherhood in the audience. the nicest music he ever heard is that call to prayer in the morning. you are going to be hearing it soon. it will be here in bethesda. megyn: did the station do the right thing? let's ask our panelists. gentlemen, what happened was according to fred grandy called in there and told them to tone down the rhetoric on radical islam. and said basically fire his

wife. an said i'm firing you. i'm walking out. i'm not going to live up to your terms and present the broadcast that way. now there is a question whether the station had the right to do this to him. >> it's unfortunate. what needs to be clear is they didn't fire him. he stepped down. he took the high road. he felt he didn't have a choice telling him -- they are censoring him to some degree. and he took the high road. megyn: can they do that? they fired michael graham who is another radio talk show host who made comments about radical islam. they put him on suspension for 28 days, then fired him. do they have the right? might they have been going down the same path here? >> i don't think what he says rises to the level of hurtful or

harmful speech. he has a first amendment right to say what his opinion is. they hired him to do that. they know what his opinion is before they hire him. so my points is they didn't fire him. they just asked him to tone it down. so i can't say -- megyn: mark, let me ask you. yes he has a first amendment right. but the radio station has rights, too. but it's not like some plain vanilla person went on and started saying things like this. fred and mrs. fred have been making points like this regularly. does he have an argument that it was disingenuous. this was an effective termination, he beat them to the cliff to preserve a reputation for himself. >> legally he doesn't have a leg to stands on. it doesn't matter whether the station is firing him for his islam remarks or they didn't like mrs. fred's scarves. they have the right to control

the contents of their broadcast. if he doesn't like the but it's time to jump ship and go for another job. megyn: is that necessarily the case, arthur? wasn't there a thing -- i remember in the imus controversy there was a provision in his contract that acknowledged he is prone to making inseaso incendiy comments. that part of the reason they hired him. >> that's exactly way was thinking of. there is a difference between what i did and when howard stern was violating fcc policy using words that were forbidden by the federal government. here there is nothing like that. it's opinion talk show. it's what we do on fox. megyn: if that provision exists.

if there is something in there acknowledging that's there to push the envelope, maybe wmal could be in trouble, mark, no? >> anything is possible. it doesn't exist. and. >> we don't know if it exists or doesn't exist. >> they wouldn't have let him go. megyn: he quit. >> we are suggesting this is about the comments he made regarding islam. how about slumping ratings? megyn: there is that. apparently his ratings were lower. but according to fred they told him that he needed to quote really into the down on the islam. >> as much as it hurts me to do this, you are correct if his ratings were so low, that's the reason why they asked him to change coarse. but if he's exactly where he was and they didn't like what his wife said and they didn't like

that they agreed with him. and they called him to the carpet and said we want you to make it vanilla and into the down. we don't want you to speak your mind. megyn: they could go after him for breach of contract were for bailing prior to the end of his contract. does he have a defense, you can't force me to go out there and do what i perceive to be a disingenuous program. >> he could make that argument. if somehow they curtailed his ability to effectively do his job. they probably wanted him out because of slumping ratings and they wanted him out. >> i'll argue he's assuming facts not in evidence. i didn't hear anything about slumping ratings. megyn: it was reported. >> they say your wives out and you don't say what you really feel. we want to you tone things down.

they said they did not terminate his employment and never had any intention to do so. they say the was his doing. the station can't force him to present a program he finds disingenuous. both sides have considerable freedom as do the listeners to tune in or not based on what happened here.

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she had no way of knowing a special guest was tbhaight the hallway outside. after nearly 8 months in afghanistan, big brother andrew was home waiting for a hug. >> she said i know he's protecting us. from the bad guys. >> she has been having dreams about him all week, thinking about him coming home and she can't wait. >> reporter: midway through question time andrew made his trce >> andrew! >> how you doing? >> big brother got to meet the ol class. they gotee a real american hero. >> reporter: people might say a 21-year-old and 5-year-old, how ch could they have in

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